Noteworthy Financial Stories for March 1

Elizabeth Warren on the Coming Commercial Real Estate Crisis; 3000 Community Banks at Risk http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/02/elizabeth-warren-on-coming-commercial.html

Sentiment Overview: Week Of February 26th, 2010
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-february-26th-2010-3678.html

FDIC Auctions Overdue Loans of Silverton, IndyMac
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601206&sid=aKJ0uwyX3fRY

State's $2B Office Portfolio Hits Market
http://www.globest.com/news/1608_1608/sanfrancisco/183751-1.html

Buller: Global Real Estate Markets Entering Phase Of External Growth
http://www.reit.com/News/TopNewsStories/tabid/476/default.aspx?type=TNSD&ID=92

‘Talk of a GBP crisis seems like hysterical claptrap’
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/03/01/161656/talk-of-a-gbp-crisis-seems-like-hysterical-claptrap/

Dimon: We’ve hedged Greece. But California…
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/03/01/161581/dimon-weve-hedged-greece-but-california/

The illusory China-selling TIC data
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/03/01/160656/the-illusory-china-selling-tic-data/

Some useful things I’ve learned about Germany’s hyperinflation’
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/03/01/160781/%e2%80%98some-useful-things-ive-learned-about-germanys-hyperinflation/

Yamada discusses outlook for bonds
http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2010/03/01/yamada-discusses-outlook-for-bonds/

Is a GDP Contraction Coming in the Second Quarter of 2010?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/191172-is-a-gdp-contraction-coming-in-the-second-quarter-of-2010?source=feed

How will a Fed fund rate hike impact equities?
http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2010/03/01/how-will-a-fed-fund-rate-hike-impact-equities/

Warren Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Letter
http://www.marketfolly.com/2010/03/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaways.html


Sentiment: What Are Your Expectations?
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/investor-sentiment-what-are-your-expectations

CLSA's Chris Wood "In Five Years The US Dollar Paper Standard Will Collapse"
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/clsas-chris-wood-five-years-us-dollar-paper-standard-will-collapse-due-persistent-taxpayer-f

U.S. Economy: Manufacturing in U.S. Expands for Seventh Month
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aFZqjSeMpwf4&pos=2

Gross Says Sovereign to Resemble Corporate Returns
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQJaLWkNgxmE&pos=6

Chile’s $11.3 Billion of Savings May Shore Up Peso
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aeV_at0mF7Jo&pos=7

‘Golden Era’ May Elude Private-Equity Investors as Prices Rise
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=agin57fZ6ARo&pos=10

Soros Signals Gold Bubble as Goldman Predicts Record
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=avsz5zUl.3yo&pos=11

Greece Now, U.K. Next as Scots Ready for Pound Plunge
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aJhONJ3Sdkqw&pos=12

Credit Swaps Show Kazakhstan Beating California: Chart of Day
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a4eykcAXXIHo&pos=15

Buffett Says U.S. Housing Will Recover by Next Year
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=aPiB9cWQpGQo

Harvard’s Rogoff Gives Legs to China Crash Talk:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aV4rQ9FFF.WU

VIX Lets PNC See S&P 500 Gains as Pimco Says Not!
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aK3L9O9L.rd0

Bernanke Makes Two-Year Treasury Notes Sweetest Spot
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601009&sid=aZgVyuoluXm0